The Verse Perverse by wretched fool, foolish wretch

The onset of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries exposed mass amounts of people to unprecedented levels of pollutants, chemicals, and waste via cramped and grueling working conditions. This movement toward trading craft and quality for efficiency and profitability marked a few profound shifts on a global scale. The album The Verse Perverse by wretched fool, foolish wretch reflects on the aftershocks of mass industrialism on ecology and human wellness with a mix of genres like dungeon synth, industrial metal, and avant-noise stuff. An organ synth cries dissonant chords and spooky arpeggios while breakbeats and crashing cymbals evoke clanking tools and hydraulic machinery. The noisy yet finely-tuned production style is this album’s greatest strength as it launches us into the depths of industry and urban grime, evoking billowing smoke and dirt settled into centuries-old infrastructure.